Photo: Thedemonhog · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Arbutus Ridge than in 76% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 99.3 and other offences for 91.8, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. Counting crime the police covering Arbutus Ridge reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Out of every 1,000 residents, 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. By contrast, by 2025 the index had dropped to 89.3, down from 96.9 in 2023.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Measured across the Vancouver service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in Arbutus Ridge
Below-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 26% of crime in Arbutus Ridge ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 39% of violent crime and 20% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 38%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Arbutus Ridge’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Arbutus Ridge on its own; the city’s, for its whole area, stands in.
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #136 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,836 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Vancouver’s crime, type by type
These are Vancouver’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Vancouver runs highest on robbery (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.4), theft under $5,000 (24.9 per 1,000 against 11.5) and mischief (7.5 per 1,000 against 3.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 17.3 | 0.02 | 75% |
| Sexual violations against children | 237.7 | 0.3 | 14% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 163.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 0.04 | 63% |
| Robbery | 655 | 0.9 | 33% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 44.3 | 0.06 | 73% |
| Other violent violations | 99.7 | 0.1 | 42% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,481.7 | 3.3 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 457 | 0.6 | 50% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 673.3 | 0.9 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 849 | 1.1 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 18,459.3 | 24.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 5,579.7 | 7.5 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 911 | 1.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,897 | 2.6 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 627 | 0.8 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 1,305.7 | 1.8 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 573.7 | 0.8 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.02 | 48% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Arbutus Ridge, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 96.9 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 89.3. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Arbutus Ridge | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 93.9 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 96.9 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Arbutus Ridge, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Arbutus Ridge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbutus Ridge | 15,083 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Dunbar-Southlands | 21,117 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Shaughnessy | 8,034 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Kerrisdale | 14,105 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Greektown | 16,618 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Kitsilano | 27,320 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Fairview | 33,969 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole city’s numbers. Vancouver Police publish neighbourhood data for non-commercial use only, so Arbutus Ridge’s figures are the whole city’s.
Questions about safety in Arbutus Ridge
Is Arbutus Ridge safe?
Arbutus Ridge’s Crime Severity Index is 93.4 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Arbutus Ridge?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 24.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 7.5 and assault at 6.9.
Is crime going up in Arbutus Ridge?
It went down 8% between 2023 and 2025, from 96.9 to 89.3.
How much of Arbutus Ridge’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 39% of violent crime and 20% of everything else, 26% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers the whole city.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).